Button-attaching machine



June 17, 1924. 1,497,819

F. R. WHITE BUTTON ATTACHING MACHINE Filed May 24, 1923 vweutoz Tr arc/71L lire/R White @3313 6/3 Meme/13s Patented June 17, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN R. WHITE, WATERBZURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOB TO THE PATENT V BUTTON COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, NECTICUT.

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Application filed May 24,

To all whom it may concern:

Be itk'nown that I, FRANKLIN R. WVHITE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of lVaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have made and invented certain new and useful 1mprovements in Button-Attaching Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a but-ton attaching machine, and more particularly to the mechanism for engaging or holding in proper position the staple or fastener duringits attachment ;to thebutton proper.

The object of the present invention is toprovide an improved mechanism whereby the tack or staple is properly held upon the anvil during the initial stages of securing it to the button proper and so arranged'that the tack will then be released from the anvil and thereby allow the material to which the fastener and button are securedfto move in either direction for the 'securement' of the next adjacent button.

It is of particular importance that, after the fastener has been headed in place and secured to the button proper and to the cloth or garment, the operator may rapidly shift the garment to a new position and without danger or likelihood of the head of the fastener becoming caught or engaged with any adjacent or protruding part of the mechanism. At the same time I have found it very essential that a bridge be provided extending a slight distance above the staple or tack-carrying jaws which will be engaged by the plunger and during the downward movement of the latter will cause a downward movement of the jaws, which latter will result in the spreading of the jaws and the releasement of the tack or staple; and it is accordingly a further object of the invention to provide a protruding bridge extending above the jaws but so arranged as to allow the garment with the button thereon to be moved across the said protruding bridge without danger or like lihood of becoming caught or entangled therewith.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention resides in the novel combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and illustrated, and in such varia- 1923. Serial No. 641,082.

that changes maybe made withinthe' scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The preferred embodiment of my invention is disclosed in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the fastener-receiving table and associated parts and embodying the characteristic features of my invention;

Figure 2 is a View in front elevation of the 'fore'gojing;

"Figure 3 is a view in side elevation thereof; and i Figure a is a view in section taken lin'e 1- 4: of Figure l.

' In the actual use of button attaching machines'suc'h as described in my former Patent, No. 1,079,968, the staplereceiving jaws were carried downward, together with the vertically yieldable member by the action of the plunger forcing the garment material against the top bevelled edges of the jaws. In order to more successfully and positively provide for the lowering of the jaw-carrying members and the spreading of the jaws, and at the same time to prevent any accidental or premature opening of the j aws, I have provided the jaw-carrying sleeve-like member 12 with an upstanding bridge 16, the same being pivotally secured to the front portion of the member 12 by the pivot pin,

17, there being suitable shoulders 17 upon the bridge member and the member 12 so as to prevent the movement of the bridge in one direction passing a vertical position.

The anvil 11 and jaws 13 are of the usual type and the latter are held resiliently to gether and in position by the spring 15, the entire mechanism being mounted upon the customary table or support 10. The upper and pivoted portion of the bridge, and

which, as illustrated in Figure 3. extends a slight distance above the top 21 of the jaws 13, is held forward and parallel to the jaws 13 by a resilient member 18, so that the normal position of the bridge is exactly vertical, as illustrated in Figure 3, and thus as a garment or other material is moved above the jaws 13 it is held out of direct on the r position as illustrated in dotted lines contact therewith by the bridge 16, and, further, the jaws are held from being acci; dentally spread apart by the said bridge.

The pivotal manner, however, in which the trated in Figure 4:, the head of the fan- 'tener D, although striking against the bridge C, will not become caught therein, asthe bridge may move outwardly into the in Figure 3 or in full lines in Figure a, and which outward movement or tilting of the bridge allows the head D of the fastener to readily pass thereover. The bridge 16 is provided with the opening 22 of such size as to allow a staple or tack to be readily withdrawn from the holding jaws 13 when so desired. This is of importance, as should an improperly formed tack be fed down upon the anvil it may be readily removed through the opening 22 in the bridge.

This opening also tends to cause the head ofthe fastening to become entangled or caught against the bridge should the garment material be moved in the direction of the arrow B, but which tendency is completely oifset by the pivoting of the'upper end of the bridge as described.

Having thus described and explained my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A mechanism for button attaching machines comprising a vertically yieldable member, a pair of jaws carried thereby, a bridge carried by said member and protruding a slight distance above said jaws.

2. A mechanism for button attaching machines comprising a vertically yieldable member, a pair of jaws carried thereby, a bri lge pivotally secured to said vertically yieldable member and protruding a slight distance above said awe and adapted tobe moved or tilted outwardly therefrom.

3. A mechanism for button attaching machines comprising an anvil, a vertically yieldable member with pivotally mounted jaws cooperating with said anvil, a bridge pivotally secured to saidvertically yieldable member with the upper extremity thereof extending a slight distance above said jaws and adapted to tilt outwardly therefrom, resilient means for holding said bridge in an upright position, said bridge provided with a fastener outlet extending therethrough. V

Signed at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, this 21st day of May A. D. 1923.

I R. WHITE.

FRANKLIN Witnesses C. G. Bonnn,

E. M. MORTON. 

